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Let me give you a quick rundown:

1: weirdest song of his I've ever heard (including all unreleased). Pretty damn catchy after a few listens.

2,3,4: We've heard before. Very good stuff.

5, 6, 7: Interesting. This is where the middle chunk of the record begins which is full of experimental electronic and glitchy type stuff. Very similar to some of his unreleased stuff. Almost video game music.

8: Intentionally comical, overdone southern accent glitch-pop-country. Interesting song.

9: Video game boss music. Least favourite track on the record. I wish this wasn't on here at the moment but that opinion could change.

10: Possibly my favourite non-single song. Lyrically incredible and reminds me of his folkier stuff off rocket with the electronic additions he has brought to this record. Love this song.

11: the line 'you're a big old cow / you draw me out / lie on the ground / kiss on the mouth' is going to be stuck in my head for a while. Another country bop. Reminds me a bit of Alina off 'Rocket' without the annoying days of the week meme.

12: A Leonard Cohen rip off done very well. This could be the best song on the record. A slow rolling countryish song. I am in love with this one. The reprieve is astonishing.

'I waste up all my time / I'm leaving you tomorrow / let me kill my mind'

13: A live version of his song 'Sugar House' with post-production work done on vocals and some added instrumentation like sax. The juxtaposition of live + post-production makes it sound very disjointed. It could be in a good way. Not entirely sure yet. I love the song but the production could either be loved or hated in a weeks time. Good way to end the record in my opinion.

This might be my favourite Alex G record. Those three singles of Hope/Southern Sky/Gretel is probably the highlight of the record, but since I have heard them 100 times each already ... the string of In My Arms/Cow/Crime might be one of his most impressive runs of any record.

Fuck me if this is factually correct.

Retards

1. Walk Away - vocaroo.com/i/s0ZtCe8uLN2n

This is honestly very unique music.

nah

Have you heard the record?

when have you ever downloaded a virus from a mega link from Yea Forums?
newfag or extreme autism

never but plenty of fakes and jokes

listening now

Project 2 straight up sounds like OPN it's fucking great

thanks for this mate

thanks for link. its real you fools

AOTY BOYS
ALEX G IS GOAT

yes

would you fuck?

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yes

aoty tbqh

No problem.

fuck yes

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1. Walk Away - Most maximalist track Alex has done. Multiple background layers throughout the entire track, each one surfacing & bringing itself to your awareness at different parts, but without ever overlapping in an uncomfortable way. Feels slightly discordant the first listen, gradually less so on each repeat as you pick up on the layered details. High repeat listen value, although not necessarily because of how texturally good it sounds. More about deciphering the layers.

2. Hope - Memorial to a friend dead from fentanyl. Very relatable for those from the East coast where Alex grew up (Pennsylvania). The droning synth organ gives the song a very haunting sense of beauty, as well as the off-tone sounding violin which comes in more sparsely.

3. Southern Sky - Alex's vocals layered alongside those of Emily Yacina as well as heavy presence of the violin from his girlfriend Molly Germer. Around 2:05 the melody to the schoolyard rhyme "Missed me, missed me, now you gotta kiss me!" comes on. Alex uses rhymes and melodies from his childhood pretty often, the effect being one of emotional vulnerability, naivety, sincerity. The tone from the very beginning of the song is a sad (piano) but upbeat (guitar track) nostalgia (vocals & violin). Each emotional element seems to remain separated by the instrument it is expressed with until the "Missed me" melody comes on, when the piano takes on seemingly all of these characteristics at once, then again the same with the violin, then finally the guitar as all of the layers fade out.

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4. Gretel - This album overall has a lot more synth organ and electronic alterations of organic instrumentation. This isn't necessarily new-- the synth organ in Gretel (youtube.com/watch?v=HcO-NPtj5BI&feature=youtu.be&t=43) actually sounds very similar to the synth organ from Mis (youtube.com/watch?v=JF8PdhPhwIo&feature=youtu.be&t=146), all the way back in 2012, but the difference this time around is he has meshed it in more often and more seamlessly with the organic sounds. Gretel is a retelling of Hansel and Gretel, but in my opinion it is not about the leaving someone to die in a witch's candy house-- instead it is about leaving the good people you knew behind in the town you grew up in, which is the sense I get from the music video as well.

5. Taking - What I think are electronically altered guitar chords dominate this one, punctuating the vocals which are also altered, distorted and echoing slightly. I like the direction he seems to be taking with a higher amount of electronic instruments. This song has a nice texture, albeit not as immersively layed & maximalistic like the next song, Near.

6. Near - Another maximalist track like Walk Away. Intense longing, with female vocals chanting in the background, "Flower, water, earth, soul / Flower, water, earth, fire". Feels feverish and kind of defensive, like someone recovering from a drug haze of romantic obsession after their partner begins showing lack of interest.

7. Project 2 - Novel electronic instrumental song. Lots of syncopation, breakbeat. Disjointed synth noises give it an RnB feel almost.

8. Bad Man - Campy country accent and MIDI sound, although somehow still feels sincere; not just a joke song.

9. Sugar - Boss battle music. Distorted vocals don't sound very good to me. Piano melody reminds me of Touhou BGM or some shit. Not the best even for boss battle music. Feels out of place.

10. In My Arms - The most traditionally Alex G-sounding song so far. Would not feel out of place in any of his previous albums, unlike the majority of the other tracks. 00's love ballad, very lyrical.

11. Cow - Strong country guitar throughout song, on and off. Back and forth between sensitive, mellow vocal sections and country guitar breaks.

12. Crime - More country guitar, remains consistently mellow throughout unlike Cow.

13. SugarHouse - Sax and bass. Decent. As was said earlier in thread, making it a live version is a good ending touch for the album.

My thoughts on the album overall can be summarized with my views on the first 4-6 tracks. Alex is experimenting with more electronic instrumentation/synth use and the fusion is very interesting, making for catchier songs that don't rely on lyrical hooks as much. The maximalist layered tracks are the most interesting part of the album for me and it'd be cool if he explores that sound more in the future.

Favorite tracks: Gretel, Hope, Southern Sky, Near, In My Arms

that opening track sure was interesting

We’re gettin old brother

Track 1 to 7 is one hell of a run of great tracks.

Daily reminder that "Walk Away" is kino

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wow this is some of his finest stuff. not enough love for the g here

How does he keep doing it?

It’s a good album, wtf is wrong?

its not

HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

inb4 fantano gives it a light 6

Who fucking cares what he gives it

better than Rocket

beach music > house of sugar > trick > dsu > rocket

holy shit this is the worst take ive ever seen

go on then, what's the patrician ranking?

DSU > Trick > Beach > Rocket

havent listened to new album

>havent listened to new album
You'll probably be disappointed judging by your ranking

aw man been seeing lots of hype around it. oh well time to just relisten to old alex g and live in 2014 for just a moment when everything was easier and nicer in my life